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Not the point I was making. If you travel from further afield you often need to book trains to get best deal and book hotels. Hotels can be cancelled but trains rather more tricky.

Sheffield - certainly a track for travelling fan to swerve.

Signing of Klindt seals it for me. I will make the long haul to Norfolk for this one.

Mildenhall is one of my nearer tracks but these long-running meetings put me off going to West Row.

The Eastbourne team that won NDL in 2018 would have thrashed that Birmingham team, as would Mildenhall. Looks like Brummies have lost so much money this year that the owner has said enough is enough. Can’t blame him.

As Eastbourne fans found last year, a season ticket holder is not high up on the list of creditors to be paid. And nor where the Eagles riders.

Should be downgraded to a challenge

Another shambles at Owlerton. What is it with those in charge of track affairs? Surely all this nonsense deserves a points deduction. Green light starts in top division is laughable. Why did I bother?

Why does this worry a Poole fan? also, social rather than websites is the way most fans get their news is

Look at the Stars sponsors and you will see where he comes from.

Eastbourne Phoenix group have found rental is double ....told it used to be 1k a meeting plus tax. Guessing that is now 2k plus tax

Ooops.was trying to reply to H.Gould about ref’s looking at video.

They’re not.

Yes around that level would work well.

Riders’ wages will also need to be realistic. The Newcastle article in this weeks speedway star is very informative, as was the previous weeks about Brummies. At Div 2 level, speedway is not a full-time job but can be a well paid hobby, as it was in 60s/70s for many riders who managed a comfortable lifestyle.

We hear so much about the valiant volunteers doing their best. What training had they had? Had their competency been assessed.

Be awful for Mildenhall To be without Jason. All they would do is run a guest. Jason needs to be riding as much as possible at this stage of his career

They built the team and would have known that many matches would be won by huge scores.

Crowd of 350 including season tickets v Edinburgh. That is dreadful and not good enough for NDL in a stadium like Perry Bar.

Appears Eastbourne fans will have to dig very, very deep to get speedway back at Arlington. Article shows the task ahead is a mammoth one. Also says long term deal for stadium use is not certain. Anyone know if the banger racing track off A23 near Gatwick could run speedway too? Would give a greater catchment area

Cancelled...meaning Newcastle have gone completely. If there was a chance of a rescue deal, the match would have been postponed.

Convenient and at the same time sensible. Learning from previous errors

I see the issue. Those costs apply whether it is Prem or Ndl. I guess that many other Ongoing costs such as first aid, ref’s fee, ambulance are the same whichever league you are in. Saving is riders’ wages etc. And is the rent the same no matter which league? CL is where Eagles need to be. The NDl is nothing like the standard it was in 2018 when Martin and Connor delivered the title.

Chance for those Eastbourne fans who have been so critical of the way things were done at Arlington by the last promotion and its predecessors over 30 years or more to come forward and help run and finance the club in the way they would like. Can’t remember such an opportunity, at least in the south east, where changes in promoting rights have in the past been dealt with in private. Hope those email inboxes have been filling up since the announcement came. Good luck Eagles.

Line of succession. Eastbourne